lexnmike4enomore Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Is there anyway to get rid of a beer gut? I mean by exercise, not by stopping drinking it? I mean i don't drink it other than when i go to a party. But lately, I've been noticing that my belly is getting bigger from it. Any way to get rid of it? Link to post Share on other sites
Olivia_19742004 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Exercise. Do you exercise any? Link to post Share on other sites
tattoomytoe Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 are you sure it is only a beer gut? not a cheese pizza gut. Link to post Share on other sites
lexnmike4enomore Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I walk every night, thats my exercise. And it might be a whopper and fries belly too. But it never got big from eating all that junk. Just recently when i acquired the taste for beer ( i never used to drink it ) I thought it was gross. Link to post Share on other sites
Olivia_19742004 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Walking doesn't get your heart rate elevated enough to actually contribute to weight loss. It's good to help maintain a weight but you won't drop any pounds that way. You need to incorporate weight training with a cardio program. Link to post Share on other sites
Leikela Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Beer is high in carbs and if you don't use those carbs then your body will store it as fat. Eating fast food won't help your cause either. Walking will burn some calories, but not enough to burn off beer and Burger King. Try cutting back on fatty foods high in carbs, and try drinking a Light Beer. (Miller Lite and Bud Light are a few good ones) Miller light has 3 carbs per 12 ounces and Bud Light has 6 carbs per 12 ounces. Also, incorporate a more rigorous exercise plan where you actually burn fat. Try running and then do some light weight training. You will definitely see results if you follow this plan. Good luck to you! Link to post Share on other sites
lexnmike4enomore Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Thanx everyone, Thats was great advice. I drink Corrs Light, so im ok on the light beer. But i should get my heart rate up there....thats prolly my problem. Thanx all!! Link to post Share on other sites
moimeme Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Heart rate is not related to calorie-burning. It is true that walking a mile will burn more calories than running a mile -- although it takes longer to do so http://my.webmd.com/content/pages/1/3079_883 Most other sources I've seen will tell you that walking a mile and running a mile both burn about 100 calories. The reason you burn more calories running than walking is that you go farther - so while you may walk only three miles in an hour, you will run a lot farther in the same amount of time. Link to post Share on other sites
Bojickwoman Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I stopped drinking beer and switched to drinking rum and diet cokes...only 60 calories a serving! Link to post Share on other sites
Olivia_19742004 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Implementing an exercise regimen that elevates his heart-rate will burn more fat: ----- http://www.nutrition.com.sg/de/dekidsexer.asp Aerobic exercise burns fat. Aerobic exercise involves increased breathing and elevated heart rate over an extended period of time. After about 20 minutes of aerobic exercise, the body needs to use its stored fat reserves as fuel. Aerobic exercise can be fun for both adults and children, and includes the following activities: bicycling swimming soccer skating / rollerblading jogging & running karate basketball hockey rowing tennis / squash / racquetball walking (fast) ------ http://freedietlinks.com/losing-weight-heart-rate.html Losing weight in the form of body fat tissue via aerobic exercise is very simple. All a person needs to do is slightly elevate his or her respiration and heart rate and maintain this slightly elevated state for extended periods of time, and the weight loss process will begin to happen. This should be done for at least thirty minutes per day to get the heart rate up to a level high enough for weight loss to begin happening (but preferably for forty five minutes to one hour per day). Link to post Share on other sites
Megan5P Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 I'm on the South Beach Diet because it's geared towards getting rid of fat in your midsection. Unfortunately walking won't do it - I walk 3 miles a day and it does nothing for my tummy. I have to do crunches to flatten my stomach - I do 100 a day. It sucks and I hate doing them but it's the only thing that works. Link to post Share on other sites
Olivia_19742004 Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 Burning calories will only help you maintain a specific weight. It won't really help you lose weight unless you're going to walk several hours a day in order to drop a few pounds and the only way that would help is if you're burning more calories than you're eating in one day. You have to do exercise that elevates your heart rate so you burn fat (as my previous post lists). Add a weight training program in there and you will drop weight a lot faster because the muscles continue to burn fat for a longer time after the activity is completed. Link to post Share on other sites
johan Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 Most other sources I've seen will tell you that walking a mile and running a mile both burn about 100 calories. The reason you burn more calories running than walking is that you go farther - so while you may walk only three miles in an hour, you will run a lot farther in the same amount of time. It may be true that calories burned per mile is not much different, but that isn't a very interesting comparison unless you factor in a bicycle. It's calories burned over time that counts. Heart rate IS related to calories burned (per unit of time), up to your anaerobic threshold. More work => more energy required (more calories burned per unit of time) => more oxygen required for "combustion" => higher breathing rate and higher heart rate. There may not be a linear relationship between heart rate and calories, but it's true that you can figure that a higher heart rate during exercise will equate to more calories burned (not per mile, but per minute/hour/whatever) ASSUMING you aren't comparing heart rates between two completely different kinds of exercise, such as running and cycling. Things like mechanical advantage will change the equation. And assume no big changes in altitude. Your heart rate and rate of respiration will rise for the same level of effort, because there is less oxygen in the air. The anaerobic threshold is directly related to heart rate. NOTE: The anaerobic threshold defines the boundary at which your heart and lungs cannot supply enough oxygen to sustain your effort. Your body reverts to burning fuel without oxygen (i.e. AN-aerobic). The by-products are what causes your muscles to burn, and there is a limited supply of the substances your muscles use to work anaerobically. So you won't be able to sustain the effort for very long, even if you're as fit as Lance Armstrong. With training you can raise the threshold however. Link to post Share on other sites
beer gut too Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 the origin of the beer gut - it isn't about calories people. I weight about the same I weighed 10 years ago, but i have a beer gut now and none then (I'm 5'8", 150lbs in great shape physically, work out all the time, and I have a gut) why? It's the stretching. Over time, drinking copious amounts of beer when I'm out has strechted out my stomach muscles. If I pull my stomach in, I have a 6 pack, but if I relax my stomach completely, it goes way out. THAT is the beer gut phenomenon. When you drink, you drink ALOT of beer, and over time, your body adjusts by expanding out your stomach muscles. I've recently switched to hard alcohol to try to get rid of it. We'll see if the muscles contract back in... Link to post Share on other sites
Leikela Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Originally posted by beer gut too the origin of the beer gut - it isn't about calories people. I weight about the same I weighed 10 years ago, but i have a beer gut now and none then (I'm 5'8", 150lbs in great shape physically, work out all the time, and I have a gut) why? It's the stretching. Over time, drinking copious amounts of beer when I'm out has strechted out my stomach muscles. If I pull my stomach in, I have a 6 pack, but if I relax my stomach completely, it goes way out. THAT is the beer gut phenomenon. When you drink, you drink ALOT of beer, and over time, your body adjusts by expanding out your stomach muscles. I've recently switched to hard alcohol to try to get rid of it. We'll see if the muscles contract back in... Please tell me you're not serious about your "theory", right? I hope this is pure sarcasm because that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Link to post Share on other sites
lexnmike4enomore Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Leikela's right... ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!? THAT'S RIDICLOUS!! Link to post Share on other sites
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